phragmite

When Ayla looked, all she saw at first was a wall of tall phragmite reeds, their feathery purple tops bending in the light wind, more than twelve feet above the waterlogged ground from which they grew.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

The brush continued along the base of the slope, giving way to clumps of sedge and sharp-leaved reeds on wet low ground at the other end, which led into a marshy inlet choked with tall phragmite reeds and cattails.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

On the floodplain below, isolated larch and pine trees were scattered among leafy shrubs, and stands of cattails, tall phragmite reeds, and bulrushes marked the river's edge.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

The next, they saw vast beds of tall phragmite reeds, more than twice Jondalar's height, growing together with the shorter, more graceful variety; the slender plants grew nearer the water and were more densely packed together.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

The tall stalks of last summer's phragmite reeds and spikes of cattails rose valiantly from their frozen bed of marshland, while dead ferns and sedges lay prostrate near the ice heaped up along the edges.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

Marshes abounded with tall phragmite reeds, cattails, and bulrushes.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

No fish were to be found in the temporary bodies of water, unless they happened to become part of a year-round river or stream, but amid the roots of tall phragmite reeds, bulrushes, sedges, and cattails swam the tadpoles of edible frogs and fire-bellied toads.

The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

Access to anything but the very north end of Willow Lake was not obtainable in recent years, at least not legally or without a slog through a phragmite jungle and lots of mud.

10,000 Birds 2010

She noted that a student intern is working with the Friends of Barnstable Harbor to collect data from Rendezvous Creek related phragmite removal.

The Barnstable Patriot 2009